SWOB

swab, swob, mop

(noun) cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors

dab, swab, swob

(verb) apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; “dab the wall with paint”

swab, swob

(verb) wash with a swab or a mop; “swab the ship’s decks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

swob (plural swobs)

Alternative form of swab

Verb

swob (third-person singular simple present swobs, present participle swobbing, simple past and past participle swobbed)

Alternative form of swab

Anagrams

• WOSB, bows

Source: Wiktionary


Swob, n. & v.

Definition: See Swab.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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